Hemp plant named ‘Eighty Eight’
A new and distinct cultivar of hemp (Cannabis) named ‘Eighty Eight’ is disclosed, characterized by a 31:1 median ratio of Cannabidiol (CBD) to Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) at time of harvest, green hollow stem with purple vertical striping, consistently purple petiole on mature leaves, a Myrcene and Limonene dominant terpene profile, high mildew resistance, and low hermaphroditic potential.
Botanical classification: Cannabis hybrid.
Variety denomination: ‘Eighty Eight’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention comprises a new and distinct hemp cultivar, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name, ‘Eighty Eight’. It is noted that “hemp” is a term used to describe varieties of Cannabis that contain 0.3% or less Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content by dry weight.
The inventor, Jeremy Klettke, discovered the new cultivar of distinct lineage as a result of crossing two stabilized open source (unpatented) parents, hybridized from the species Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica. More specifically, ‘Eighty Eight’ was discovered through a series of outdoor field trials carried out in 2016, 2017, and 2018, combined with a number of parallel indoor pollination projects at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg. ‘Eighty Eight’ was the result of working with more than 4,000 individual variations of this hybrid.
Further developed in a closed environment breeding program, carried out indoors, ‘Eighty Eight’ is characterized as an average yielding cultivar for Cannabidiol (CBD) production containing very low quantities of THC, Cannabigerol (CBG), Resorcinol, 2-(3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl)-5-pentyl, Cannabichromenic Acid (CBC-A), 5-hydroxy-2methyl-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-7-pentyl-chromene-6-carboxylic acid. ‘Eighty Eight’ also contains a Myrcene and Limonene dominant terpene profile.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar has been done by stem propagation performed at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg. The unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type through successive generations. This is a cultivar bred for plant resin production, containing quantifiable and extractable amounts of CBD, CBG, CBC, Myrcene, and Limonene, with very low accompanying quantities of any psychoactive compounds such as THC, Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), and Cannabinol (CBN).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S. Colour Chart), 6th edition, 2015, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
The term “cultivar” is used herein interchangeably with “variety” “strain,” and/or “clone.”
The cultivar ‘Eighty Eight’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Eighty Eight’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Eighty Eight’ as a new and distinct hemp cultivar:
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- 1. This plant is stable and quick growing.
- 2. This plant is able to grow in a number of microclimates and bioregions.
- 3. This plant is resistant to powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii), grey mold or Botrytis (Botrytis cinerea), and white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum).
- 4. This plant contains measurable quantities of non-psychoactive compounds such as CBD, CBG, CBC, and Terpenes such as Myrcene and Limonene, and contains low quantities of THC or any other intoxicating compound, with a median CBD to THC ratio of 31:1 at time of harvest. The range of cannabinoids by percentage weight is 7-12%. Specifically, the range of CBD by percentage weight is 7-9%, the range of CBG by percentage weight is 0.09-0.5%, the range of CBC by percentage weight is 0.07-0.1%, and the range of THC by percentage weight is 0.2-0.3%.
- 5. This plant contains significantly higher quantities of minor cannabinoids and terpenes than either of its parents. Specifically, this plant has higher quantities of beta-Myrcene, beta-Carophyllene, Ocimene Isomer II, alpha-Pinene, beta-Pinene, alpha-Humulene, alpha-Basabolol, Limonene, and endo-fenchyl alcohol when compared to its parents. As determined by liquid chromatography, the range percentages by weight of cannabinoids are 7.8-12.1%, and the range percentages by weight of terpenes are 0.75-3.5%.
- 6. This plant has low hermaphroditic potential.
- 7. This plant naturally breaks apically dominant growth providing greater yield potential.
Colors in the photographs may appear different from the color values that appear in the detailed botanical description which more accurately describe the new cultivar.
The photographs were taken using conventional techniques and, although colors may appear different from actual colors due to light reflectance, it is as accurate as possible by conventional photographic techniques.
This invention relates to a new hemp plant hybrid of Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica named ‘Eighty Eight’. ‘Eighty Eight’ is a plant bred for indoor and outdoor production of plant resin containing measurable quantities of non-psychoactive compounds such as CBD, CBG, CBC, Terpenes such as Myrcene and Limonene, and low quantities of THC or any other intoxicating compound. The present plant was developed over 3.5 years at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in LaPine, Oreg., using parents selected from open source unstabilized dioecious seed and propagated cuttings. The plant can be grown in most climates through a normal summer growing season from 30-50 degrees of latitude either North or South of the equator. Although this plant is primarily dependent on the photoperiod for flowering, it can be grown throughout a large part of the year in latitudes within 15 degrees of the equator.
- Parentage:
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- Seed.—Unnamed Cannabis hybrid ‘Oracle’ x ‘Otto II’ #254 x ‘American Feral’ #96.
- Pollen.—Unnamed Cannabis hybrid ‘Oracle’ x ‘Otto II’ #259.
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The parent plants of ‘Eighty Eight’ consist of a mother developed from the crossing of an elite, open source clone named ‘Oracle’ crossed with an unstabilized open source wild male plant from the Midwestern United States referred to as ‘American Feral’. The father is a selection made by the inventor from a developed but unstabilized open source hemp seed variety named ‘Otto II’. ‘Oracle’ is a stable resin producing female with a CBD to THC ratio of 20:1 and has been available in limited circles of Cannabis cultivators and breeders.
‘Oracle’ is a short growing bushy plant with 1-1.5 inch internodal spacing with moderately broad leaf structure. ‘American Feral’ is a developed line created at Mr. Klettke's breeding facility and was selected from an indoor closed pollination project done in Mr. Klettke's breeding facility in 2017, which included pollen selected from 5 male plants and 96 different female plants. The 101 selections included in this closed pollination project were chosen from the expressions and analytics from 423 wild seeds collected in the Midwestern United States in 2015 and grown outdoors in a field trial in Oregon in 2016. ‘Otto II’ was developed and released in seed form as a CBD producing hemp cultivar for outdoor production. ‘Otto II’ contains small but measurable amounts of terpenes and very little THC, with ratios of CBD to THC ranging from 15:1 through 25:1
The claimed plant ‘Eighty Eight’ has been stabilized and has a median CBD to THC ratio of 31:1, with analytics consistently remaining below a total threshold of 0.3% THC. ‘Eighty Eight’ also contains significantly higher quantities of minor cannabinoids and terpenes (predominately Myrcene and Limonene) than either of its parents and has been bred to a point of stability which helps the plant avoid hermaphroditic potential. ‘Eighty Eight’ has a longer internodal spacing than its mother plant and a shorter internodal spacing than its father plant.
‘Eighty Eight’ is distinguished from ‘Painted Lady’ (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 16/602,561) in that the plant of ‘Eighty Eight’ is slightly shorter in height than the plant of ‘Painted Lady’. Further, the flowers of ‘Eighty Eight’ have internode spacing that is closer together, which provides the flowers with a shorter and more compact appearance than the flowers of ‘Painted Lady’. In addition, the overall color palette of ‘Eighty Eight’ is darker than the overall color palette of ‘Painted Lady’.
Claims
1. A new and distinct cultivar of hemp plant named ‘Eighty Eight’ as illustrated and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 30, 2019
Date of Patent: Jun 15, 2021
Patent Publication Number: 20210136974
Inventor: Jeremy Klettke (Bend, OR)
Primary Examiner: June Hwu
Application Number: 16/602,563
International Classification: A01H 5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/28 (20180101);